Reviews for Dorothy West Martha's Vineyard: Stories,Essays and Reminiscences by Dorothy West Writing in the Vineyard Gazette

The average rating for Dorothy West Martha's Vineyard: Stories,Essays and Reminiscences by Dorothy West Writing in the Vineyard Gazette based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-10-02 00:00:00 Wayne Yamaguchi -

Review # 2 was written on 2012-12-21 00:00:00 Jason Mccomb Expertly written and absorbing in every way. I enjoyed the writing and the story, a memoir of a young writer's life and her affiliation with Langston Hughes, who helped her career along. Paule Marshall was an attractive, thoughtful-looking child and became a beautiful young woman with her sights set squarely on a writing career. She has collected a number of awards for her writing over her career. Her family emigrated from Barbados, and I learned from and savored the parts where Marshall spent time there in order to write and visit her remaining family. It was a time before tall hotels hogged the best beaches and life was interesting and tranquil. She writes of Granada, where she also went to write, and of a visit to Carriacou, which found it's way into some of her later writings. Marshall haunted libraries and researched, so the information on early slavery is fascinating and sad. Her own family and other emigrants from Barbados who settled in New York formed close relationships fraught with all the variety most families experience, sometimes in humorous ways. A refreshing read from an accomplished writer ahead of her time.